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Category Archives: The Emu Café

The Emu Café is a special establishment in the greater New Leaf Journal for discussion of aesthetics and the life lived well.  Enjoy the posts with your favorite coffee or tea and food to go with.  You may learn more about The Emu Café project and how it came about by reading our welcome post.

October 6, 2023
6
Oct 2023

Productivity to Secure Downtime

Thoughts on interesting thoughts about thinking of being productive as a way of securing your downtime.
May 16, 2023
16
May 2023

Social webs of personal websites

An essay which describes personal blogs as the soul of the web leads me to consider personal blogs as the centerpiece of a social web.
January 1, 2023
1
Jan 2023

Justin and Justina review 2022 at the NLJ

Reviewing the 51 most-read articles in 2022 (as only Justin and Justina can)
November 18, 2022
18
Nov 2022

Imagination in Pokémon Red and Blue

The aesthetic wonder of Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow.
November 16, 2022
16
Nov 2022

Hair Color and Albinism in Red Shift Visual Novel

Where the literal interpretation of a visual novel heroine’s white hair and red eyes is the correct interpretation.
October 27, 2022
27
Oct 2022

A Moldy Halloween Carved Pumpkin

I saw it. Therefore you must see it too. QED.
October 17, 2022
17
Oct 2022

Existential Crisis of the Rotting Pumpkin

Let this be a warning for people leaving Halloween pumpkins out.
October 3, 2022
3
Oct 2022

Help! I Think My TV Is Watching Me

Is my TV watching me without internet, or is that a tardigrade?
September 28, 2022
28
Sep 2022

Video Game Stories and Standing the Test of Time

Good video game stories and mechanics stand strong as technology marches on.
September 16, 2022
16
Sep 2022

Engrossing but not Excessively Addictive

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life, is a wonderful game. A 2004 review suggests an ideal for game design.
September 5, 2022
5
Sep 2022

Sega of Japan’s Yukawa Dreamcast Commercials

The peculiar and humorus Sega Dreamcast commercials of Seiichi Yukawa.
August 28, 2022
28
Aug 2022

The Ferris Wheel Off the Triborough Bridge

As the Ferris wheel between three boroughs turns.